Excitement with Ellyssa - Gap Fashion Show Fall 2010

On Saturday, July 31, Ellyssa was in her first fashion show for Gap.  It was at Regency Square Mall in Florence.  She was so happy to do it and so proud that she was asked to be in it.  She modeled two different outfits and looked beautiful in both. 

There was no place to change near the stage so once she walked in her first outfit, I had to take her back to Gap to change her into the second outfit.  I think she did wonderful for her first time walking in a fashion show, with no modeling training.

Her being announced and making her way on the stage. 

Striking her first pose.

Looking for the end of the runway so she would know where to stop.

So proud to be in the spotlight. 

Her turn... 

Her final pose before leaving the runway.

My wonderful husband took all the photos because of my swollen ankles and the fact that I was changing her and escorting her back and forth from the store to the stage.

I had changed the settings of my camera to always on instead of power saving mode because that was how I had it working with my remote for the previous pictures that I had taken.  I forgot to change this setting back, so when the camera wasn't turned off during the clothing changes, my battery died.  So, I have no pictures of her second time on the runway, which happened to be in her favorite outfit, but it was my fault.  However, I do have a video of it on my iPhone and she did very well.  She is excited and really wants to do this again.